Paolo Uccello
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Paolo Uccello, born Paolo di Dono, was an Italian Renaissance painter and mathematician from Florence who was notable for his pioneering work on visual perspective in art. In his book Lives of the Mos
Portrait of Paolo Uccello (unknown artist) Louvre Museum, Paris
Funerary Monument to Sir John Hawkwood
Saint George and the Dragon (c. 1470), showing Uccello's Gothic influences
Story of Noah, c. 1447, in the refectory of Santa Maria Novella, Florence
The Funerary Monument to Sir John Hawkwood is a fresco by Paolo Uccello, commemorating English condottiero John Hawkwood, commissioned in 1436 for Florence Cathedral. The fresco is an important exampl
Paolo Uccello
…Nun-Saint with Two Children (c.1434–1435) - Contini-Bonacosi Collection, Florence Funerary Monument to Sir John Hawkwood (c. 1436) - Duomo, Florence The Battle of San Romano, consisting of…
Funerary Monument to Sir John Hawkwood: the figure is larger than life-size, central panel (1436), measures 732 × 404 cm (288 × 159 in); with Trompe-l'œil grotto-esque frame added in 1524, 820 × 515 cm (323 × 203 in).
Fresco of Sir John Hawkwood (right) shown in situ in the Duomo, Florence, beside a similar depiction of fellow condottiero Niccolò da Tolentino (d.1435) by Andrea del Castagno
Engraving of John Hawkwood, based on the fresco
A tomb was prepared for Hawkwood in St. Peter's in Sible Hedingham, but it is unknown whether his body was repatriated.